Improved oil-can and powder-canister



, oil-can and oiler.

NITED STATES PATENT' Ormes.,

IMPRovED OIL-CAN AND POWDER-CANISTER.

' Specification forming pait of Letters Patent No. 43,652, dated July '26, 1861i.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDM UND W. WOODRUFF,

vof the city and county of'Washington, inthe District 'of Columbia, have invented a new andV useful Improvement in a Combined Polish- Canister and Oil-Can for Army, Navy, and other Purposes; and the following is a full,

A clear, and exact description of the saine, refl erence being had to the accompanying. draw,-

' tions, chamois, and oilftube. Fig. 3 is the oil-'can with the oiler attached. Fig. 4 is the perforated top to polishcanister. Fig. 5 is4 the screw-cap to oil-can. Fig. 6 shows the Y oiler detached.

My'invention consists in the construction and arrangement of acanister forcontaining polishing material, in combination with an To enable others skilled vin the art to 'make and use my invention, I will describe it more -full y, referring to the drawings and to the let- -ters of' reference marked thereon'.

I make the polish-canister A of m'etnl-sueh as tin, zine, roll brass, or copper-in an oval or any other convenientforrmand of such sizes as to suit the convenience of persons requiring their use, in the top of which is fitted a perforated lid or cover, a., in such manner that it The oil-can lhwhieh flo-rms the cap or cover tween the perforated lid a, in which to pack the oiler D and rubber when not in use. rlhe orifice e in the top is secured by a screw-cap,

d, having a gasket, i, underneath, to prevent leakage. the cap d being sccurcdto the can B by a chain or cord, f. XVhen in use, the cap d is removed and thetapgring tubeor oilcr l is attached, as seen in Fig. 3.

The advantages of iny invention are at once acknowledged and appreciated by all who have had experience in. camp. Thearmy/ regulations require that all armsaud equipments shall be kept clean and bright, and in order lo aecomplish this every soldier should be furnished with something of this nature. The porlability and compact-ness of this arrangement, together with the economy inv which the material can be applied, there' being no danger of spilling the'polishingpowdcr or oil, or ol' using any superliuous quantity, make it the most convenient article'thatcanbe had for this' purpose.

.Having fully described rnyimproved combined' polish-canister and oil-can,\vhat I claim as new and useful. and desire to secure by 1Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of a canister .for containing cleaning or polishing material, in combiy nation with au oil-eau and oiler,A in -the manner herein specified, andii'or the purposes set forth.

\Vitnesses: N. W.. Non'r'nnur, L. F. (MILAN. 

